Should I remove “Adware.Gator.3”?

The Adware.Gator.3 is considered dangerous by lots of security experts. When this infection is active, you may notice unwanted processes in Task Manager list. In this case, it is adviced to scan your computer with GridinSoft Anti-Malware.

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What Adware.Gator.3 virus can do?

Anomalous binary characteristics

How to determine Adware.Gator.3?


File Info:
crc32: 0302EA80
md5: b64d0b032a1822833302641c6cb74b20
name: B64D0B032A1822833302641C6CB74B20.mlw
sha1: d7fc19788ec07c5595460c894f1fe43d7b898745
sha256: 2fa523e11846480c4bced891727abac127151abf225d3802fbb3cada3a0b5c50
sha512: e5b9d62715e1b3cd94017908f562248db6626ff2b84d31308a1007c967b699b17759b64ee7b98ce49427f7033d558143caa26aaa7b1929392d9d0e1737f19406
ssdeep: 1536:Q4hG1VBUzkGynn78ZSCuD8AxvjQENFsnv4CjkDW0NkLAucQjiaQAM8BMDmt7:Q4hGaIGUAZSChMTNFqO8LAurvNEmB
type: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows

Version Info:
0: [No Data]

Adware.Gator.3 also known as:

Bkav	W32.AIDetect.malware1
K7AntiVirus	Adware ( 005685b71 )
DrWeb	Adware.Gator.455
ALYac	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gator.3
CrowdStrike	win/malicious_confidence_60% (D)
BitDefender	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gator.3
K7GW	Adware ( 005685b71 )
Cybereason	malicious.32a182
Cyren	W32/Damaged_File.E.gen!Eldorado
Symantec	SMG.Heur!gen
ESET-NOD32	Win32/Adware.Gator.Trickler.F
APEX	Malicious
Cynet	Malicious (score: 100)
Kaspersky	not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Gator.fg
NANO-Antivirus	Trojan.Win32.Gator.dogjis
ViRobot	Trojan.Win32.Gator.238136
MicroWorld-eScan	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gator.3
Ad-Aware	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gator.3
Sophos	Generic ML PUA (PUA)
Comodo	Application.Win32.Adware.Gator.F@45i7
McAfee-GW-Edition	GenericRXMS-SO!B64D0B032A18
FireEye	Generic.mg.b64d0b032a182283
Emsisoft	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gator.3 (B)
SentinelOne	Static AI – Malicious PE
Jiangmin	AdWare.Gator.ht
Antiy-AVL	Trojan/Generic.ASMalwFH.83AC
Kingsoft	Heur.SSC.23737.1216.(kcloud)
Microsoft	Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml
GData	Gen:Variant.Adware.Gator.3
McAfee	GenericRXMS-SO!B64D0B032A18
MAX	malware (ai score=61)
VBA32	Adware.Gator
Rising	Malware.Heuristic!ET#76% (RDMK:cmRtazqZoZ0FUj4P9auDV2GXjjeH)
Yandex	Adware.Gator.Gen
Ikarus	AdWare.Gator
MaxSecure	Virus.W32.Adware.Gator.3202
Fortinet	Adware/Gain

How to remove Adware.Gator.3?

Adware.Gator.3 removal tool

Download and install GridinSoft Anti-Malware.
Open GridinSoft Anti-Malware and perform a “Standard scan“.
“Move to quarantine” all items.
Open “Tools” tab – Press “Reset Browser Settings“.
Select proper browser and options – Click “Reset”.
Restart your computer.

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Paul Valéry

I'm a cyber security analyst and data science expert with 5+ years of experience with security software contractors.

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